Chongzhen and I became partners

Chapter 118
Early the next morning, a servant summoned Sun Chuanting to enter the palace.

This made him very strange. I don't know what's the hurry?

If it was vaccination with vaccinia, it would be impossible for the entire Yamen to be completed so quickly?
But he knew that the current emperor's temper was a bit impatient.

So, Sun Chuanting took the roster of the Yamen of the Ministry of War that had been inoculated with cowpox, and hurried into the palace.

Unexpectedly, when Emperor Chongzhen saw him, he asked with a very serious expression: "Sun Qing, you are the best at military affairs. I ask you a question, and you must answer truthfully!"

After he finished speaking, he didn't wait for Sun Chuanting to reply, and immediately continued to ask: "If Ruoqing is a slave chieftain in Liaodong, at the end of the second year of Chongzhen, would you dare to lead troops to bypass the Mongolian grassland to attack the pass?"

Sun Chuanting never expected that the emperor would come to him so early in the morning to ask such a question.

After being stunned for a while, he looked serious and thought about it seriously.

At this thought, he was immediately startled.

Under the watchful eyes of Emperor Chongzhen, Sun Chuanting replied truthfully: "Your Majesty, if the humble minister is that slave chieftain, I'm afraid I won't dare to do this."

"Why?" Emperor Chongzhen immediately asked after hearing this.

Sun Chuanting heard this, and immediately replied: "It's too risky, and the whole army will be wiped out very easily!"

Later, he explained in detail: "Marching such a long distance, without food roads, and without knowing the enemy's situation, fighting alone, in case the retreat is cut off, it is not even necessary to do this, but it is impossible to capture the city, obtain food supplies, or food and grass. If the supply is too little, the whole army will be wiped out!"

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he sneered and said, "What if the chieftain knows what is true in the pass? Including the deployment of troops and the real combat capabilities of the imperial army?"

When Sun Chuanting heard this, he immediately recognized his intentions keenly, and said a little surprised: "Someone tipped off the news? And this person's official position is not low, at least he is an official in the court!"

In ancient times, transportation was inconvenient, and communication was even more inconvenient. It was far less convenient, faster, and less costly to obtain information than in later generations.

Therefore, if you want to know the official news, the deployment of the imperial army's troops, or even the geography, etc., only the imperial center is the most convenient.

At the end of the second year of Chongzhen, the place where Jianlu entered the customs for the first time was Jizhen, one of the nine border towns of the imperial court.If he didn't know the situation in Jizhen, Jianlu would dare to attack Gyeonggi from the defense line of Jizhen with no support and no food?
Even on the Liaodong battlefield, there were court officials and soldiers who had defected to Jianlu, and it was impossible for those Liaodong officials and soldiers to have a clear understanding of the military defense situation in Jizhen.

Not to mention, behind Ji Town is the capital of the imperial court, and logically speaking, it is also heavily defended.

Jianlu is really so confident. After he enters the border alone, can he be invincible and grab the food and supplies he needs?
As far as Jianlu's strength is concerned, even if it is consumed, they can't afford it!

These thoughts flashed through Sun Chuanting's mind one by one, and he concluded that the slave chieftain would lead the troops into the pass, and he definitely knew the reality of the pass.

When Emperor Chongzhen saw that Sun Chuanting also said the same thing, he obviously showed a little anger, and said sharply: "There must be someone who tipped off the news, and then there is the act of building captives to enter the customs!"

Judging from the information given to him by Liu Weichao, there was a famine in Jianlu at that time, which was also the reason why Jianlu had to seek a solution to the famine.

However, this is not the whole reason, because if Jianlu wants to plunder, there is another North Korea to choose.Why don't you go to plunder North Korea, why do you want to enter the customs?
You know, for Jianlu, Daming has a vast land and abundant resources, a large population, and a large number of troops.The Guan Ning Army is still in control of the Jinzhou area. What if the Guan Ning Army attacks his lair while the main force of Jianlu is out?
Jianlu has never been good at siege, so he will definitely be able to capture the city inside the pass?

All kinds of problems show that Jianlu definitely made such a decision because he understood the truth and reality in the pass.

It's not that the slave chief is wise and mighty, and he will be counted as a sure winner when he enters the pass!
Of course, even if you know the facts and facts in the pass, you still need a little courage to make such a very risky move.

At this time, Sun Chuanting was a little surprised when he heard this conclusion, but he was not surprised anymore.

I haven't thought about this before, but if I really think about it, this thing is definitely strange!

And Emperor Chongzhen went on to say: "Afterwards, Jianlu entered the customs, it seems that I have no fear of our important towns on the nine borders of the Ming Dynasty. In the seventh year of Chongzhen, Jianlu entered Kouxuanfu, Datong and other important towns, and he was not afraid of being consumed by the imperial army at all. I am afraid that it is the same. Know that Cao Wenzhao, the commander-in-chief of Datong, and others are leading the army to suppress the bandits, but the military town is actually empty of troops! Because of the invading Jianlu, Cao Wenzhao, who surrounded the bandits in Henan, was forced to lead his troops back to Datong, so that the bandits took the opportunity to break out of the siege .”

Later, Cao Wenzhao was charged as a frontier guard because of the loss of land.It was recommended by Wu Tong, the governor of Shanxi Province, and he was reinstated as the commander-in-chief to aid in the suppression of the army.

This point is mentioned in Liu Weichao's materials, but Emperor Chongzhen did not mention this to Sun Chuanting.

"Since then, Jianlu entered the customs several times, all at the critical time of suppressing the bandits." Emperor Chongzhen said with anger on his face. Do not send troops back to aid!"

After hearing this, Sun Chuanting nodded immediately.

Previously, he and Hong Chengchou had beaten Chuang Wang Li Zicheng to only eighteen riders and fled into the deep mountains. At that time, under the encirclement and suppression of the two of them and Lu Xiangsheng, when the situation of suppressing bandits in the whole country was very good, Jianlu once again invaded the pass on a large scale , Threatening the capital.All their troops were forced to respond to King Qin's edict.

As a result, Lu Xiangsheng died, and his Sun Chuanting was also imprisoned.By the time he is released from prison again, the bandit has already become powerful!

Thinking of this, Sun Chuanting was also very angry, so he asked Emperor Chongzhen, "Does Your Majesty know who tipped off the news?"

He couldn't figure it out, who would tip off Jianlu, and what would be the benefit?
Emperor Chongzhen nodded and shouted angrily: "No business, no rape, no business, no business, a bunch of damned things, for a little money, I don't know how many people died, it's really damned!"

In his mind, there appeared the sentence that Liu Weichao told him in the materials that "businessmen have no borders"!
Sun Chuanting was a little surprised when he heard it, and asked with some doubts: "Your Majesty, it's just the words of those businessmen, why do you know these things so much?"

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he said with hatred: "They have money, but which of the officials in the court is not greedy for money?"

"..." Sun Chuanting stopped talking when he heard this.

He is not a fool, the emperor has said it so bluntly, he still doesn't understand the truth.

After thinking about this, he immediately said: "Your Majesty, you must cut off Jianlu's eyes and ears immediately, so as to prevent Jianlu from easily entering the bandits again!"

(End of this chapter)